"Editor-in-chief, there is a Mr. Albert Mellon waiting for you in the reception room!" On this day, as soon as Monet arrived at the magazine, Catherine reported to him.

"Albert Mellon? I don't seem to know this person! Monet frowned and recalled, but then he thought of something and hurriedly asked, "Wait a minute, you said his surname is Mellon?" ”

Catherine nodded and replied, "That's right, it's Mellon, and it should be a member of the oil tycoon Mellon family!" ”

The reason why Monet was so shocked is because the Mellon family at its peak, the assets owned far more than the Rockefeller, Ford and DuPont consortiums, not to mention Hughes, Getty and Hunter and other emerging families, the total funds of their banks accounted for one-third of all deposits in Pittsburgh, of course, it is not the peak of the Mellon family, from 1921 to 1932, the family patriarch Andrew Mellon served as the Minister of Finance for eleven consecutive years, which can be regarded as a veritable veteran of the three dynasties! (Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover.) ）

Andrew's investment vision is often surprisingly good. At the end of the 19th century, oil fields were discovered in Economi, near Pittsburgh. For a time, all kinds of adventurers and speculators came to look for "black gold". At this time, Andrew was quietly building a tanker port and laying oil pipelines off the coast of Marcus Hook in North Chester. By the time everyone dug up the oil and started thinking about transportation, Andrew's tanker port and oil pipeline became a hot commodity. By the end of 1892, the amount of crude oil shipped through Mellon accounted for one-tenth of the country's exports.

Alcoa is also a beautiful investment in Andrew's history. In 1889, several distressed young men approached Andrew, showed him a piece of silver-waxed metal, and hoped that he would offer an investment. That piece of metal is aluminum. The young chemist Charles Martin Hall and his partners developed a method for refining aluminum, believing that the metal, with its many excellent properties, would become the star of the future, but they were unable to find investment. Before meeting Andrew, they lobbied many entrepreneurs, but none of them were successful. After listening to their words, Andrew pondered for a moment and decisively decided to help them pay off their debts and fund the establishment of the Pittsburgh Electrolytic Aluminum Company at the cost of 60% of the shares.

Once again, Andrew's vision was proven. It took only two years for the company to take control of aluminum production in North America. In 1907, the Pittsburgh Electrolytic Aluminum Company changed its name to Alcoa, and its stock was valued at $150 million. No wonder peers sighed: "The eyes of the Mellon family seem to be the easiest to spot the things that make them money."

When such a famous son comes to him, he must be well received, so Monet hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up, please come in!" ”

Two minutes later, a well-dressed young man with a peaceful temperament walked in, greeted him with a smile, and said, "Hello Monsieur Monet, I have taken the liberty of disturbing your work!" ”

Monet waved his hand while telling Catherine to make coffee, "It's okay, may I ask Mr. Mellon what do you have to do with me?" ”

Albert hesitated for a moment, then said, "Well, Mr. Monet, I want to learn to write a detective with you!" ”

To be honest, Albert's request surprised Monet, so he asked tentatively: "You, you said you want to learn to write detectives with me?" ”

Albert nodded and replied, "That's right, I really enjoyed reading your Detective Downing, and I tried to write some detective stories, but none of them satisfied me, so I wanted to learn the art of writing detectives from you." ”

Looking at Albert with a sincere face, Monet knew that he should not be lying, so he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, is it that the old Andrew exhausted the business wisdom of the Mellon family, after him, the Mellon family can not say that it can be compared with him, and even the average business talent has not appeared, resulting in the gradual decline of such a brilliant business empire, especially his son Paul Mellon, who is completely obsessed with art, as long as there is an art museum in all the inheritance, he will not go to business if he is killed, and I don't know how old Andrew was educated, Of course, everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't tie their offspring to business, so it's more reasonable to look at it this way or the Japanese chaebol's recruitment system, and the probability of a business genius among their children is too low, so I can recruit a business genius, as long as it is modified, then it is still my Mitsui family......

Although Monet felt that it was a waste for the descendants of the Mellon family to learn to write detectives with him, he would definitely not refuse this kind of good thing, so he nodded without hesitation and agreed: "If you like detectives, Mr. Mellon, then we can often discuss with each other!" ”

Hearing Monet's request, Albert was very happy: "Really, that's great, can I be your assistant when you solve the case?" ”

"Crack, solve the case?" Monet couldn't keep up with Albert's jumping train of thought.

"Yes, I think many of your cases were written after encountering a strange case and solving it." Albert asked curiously.

"Well, this is indeed true, but this kind of thing is encounterable but unavoidable, because in reality, most cases, especially homicide cases, are actually impulsive killings, and most people don't have the patience to endure and the ability to design various criminal techniques, so you have to be mentally prepared." Monet explained.

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"I know that, but I think I'm sure I'll be able to get in touch with a lot of interesting cases by following you." Then he changed the conversation and asked: "By the way, Mr. Monet, you are English, I don't know what you think of Jack the Ripper?" ”

Monet said in his heart, I am not a Grim Reaper elementary schoolboy, how can I encounter so many murders? But when I heard Albert ask about "Jack the Ripper", my heart suddenly moved: "Although I didn't have the opportunity to participate in this world-famous murder case, I really have my own guess about the murderer, so I'll write about this case in the next story, at least catch the murderer in my story!" (Jack the Ripper happened in 1888.) ）

In fact, Monet's real idea is to use this story to expose the real murderer - the barber Aaronx, if Scotland Yard can be inspired by his own story, then it should be too late to capture the real murderer, because the impression is that this guy seems to have lived in a mental hospital for a long time.

PS: Yesterday I watched a domestic movie "Liar Hunter", although the actors are not famous, but the script is still good, friends who like suspense and reasoning can take a look!